Frederiksen, Claus Hjort (V)

Member of the Folketing, The Liberal Party

Former Minister

Folketinget, Christiansborg 1240 Copenhagen K

Parliamentary phone: +45 3337 4567 Email: [email protected]

Claus Hjort Frederiksen, born September 4th 1947, son of manager Niels Frederiksen and headteacher at a kindergarten, Elna Frederiksen, born Hjort.

Member period Member of the Folketing for The Liberal Party in North Zealand greater constituency from November 13th 2007.

Member of the Folketing for The Liberal Party in Copenhagen County constituency, 8. February 2005 – 13. November 2007.

Candidate for The Liberal Party in Rudersdal nomination district from 2007. Candidate for The Liberal Party in Lyngby nomination district, 20042006.

Parliamentary career Chairman of the Intelligence Services Committee, 20192020. Minister of Defence, 28. November 2016 – 27. June 2019. Minister for Finance, 28. June 2015 – 28. November 2016. Minister for Finance, 7. April 2009 – 3. October 2011. Minister for Employment, 27. November 2001 – 7. April 2009.

Education Master of Laws, 1972. Matriculated, 1966.

Employment Party secretary, the Liberal Party, 19852001. Administration manager, the Liberal Party's national organisation, 19831985. Secretary, the General Association of Industrial Employers ('Industrifagenes Almindelige Arbejdsgiverforening'), 19791983. Head of section, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, 19771979. Secretary, the secretariat of the parliamentary group of the Liberal Party, 19731977.

Committees/Spokesman 1. okt 2021

Current committees Member of The Arctic Delegation The Foreign Policy Committee The Greenland Committee

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